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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-28

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-28 page 1

WEATHER Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday. The REPAIR W9RK columns on the Classified Page contain the names of the best repair establishments in the city. NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 87. COLUMBUS, OHIO, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 190'. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. i iopaRY. 1909 MAIN SECTION ffiMu iHf situ mt mnrtnl oRSilEB Congressman Harrison Says They Seem to Have Been Singled Out in Tariff Bill. OHIO MEN SPEAK Longworth Defends Payne Bill and Ansberry Pays His Respects to Pinchot. tBy Associated Press to State Jounvail. WASHINGTON, March 27. Debate on the tariff bill In the house today was largely devoted to academic dls-cugldn of the question and the po-l"iif .. questions ' Involved, although Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts thoroughly reviewed the question of free hides and a tariff on leather goods. Mr. Longworth of Ohio and Mr. Harrison of New York, the new Democratic member of the ways and means committee, were the only representatives of the tariff framing committee who made speeches. -In order to expedite discussion of the tariff bill, unanimous consent today was given that the sessions hereafter shall begin at JO instead of 11 a. m.; that a recess should be taken at 6 and that, resuming at 8 o'clock, the sessions should continue until 10:30. The request for unanimous co-sent was made by Mr. Payne, who sa.. 'hat there already were 40 or 50 members ,vho had indicated their desire to sptak. Mr. Clark of Missouri, the minority leader, asked how long general debate would continue. He said he was much embarrassed by his lack of information. When his Democratic colleagues asked for time in which to speak, he found It difficult to make allotments. Mr. Payne replied that he was, suffering under a similar embarrassment, but did not supply the information desired. Some Cause for Rejoicing. Declaring that there would be no dissension in the Democratic ranks of th$jrftouHe with regard to the tariff, ttnVT;Wt the Fitzgerald amendment to the rules made it possible for the Inlnorlty to express its views upon Intendments -to the, bill by a reeord rote, Representative Harrison dismissed various .features of the bill. "Jtf.ft'JV schedules of the Payne bill offer ground for rejoicing among our partisans," he said. "In many cases they have not listened to the greedy clamor of selfish and unpatriotic men who have appeared before this committee demanding prohibitive rates upon their own articles." Under Republican management, said Mr. Harrison, the nation was fast approaching bankruptcy. "This bill contains heavy taxes on the women of America," he continued. "In many respects they seem to have been singled out for attack. The new taxes upon leather and coffee, upon women's gloves and cotton stockings, are a direct provocation to woman's suffrage. If this tariff bill does not bring about the franchise of women their cause Is hopeless: But the most serious aspect of the situation is that these duties are chiefly specific and" fall more heavily on the poor than upon the rich. The Increased tax on cotton stockings is even more serious than those on women's gloves. In hose and half hose, the enormous Increases in taxation are entirely upon the jiteaper grades." .''Says Rates Are Prohibitive. While expressing gratification that Iron ore had been placed on the free list, Mr. Harrison claimed that the rates In a majority of cases on the metal ; schedule were still prohibitive. Mr. Harrison declared that every Item on the steel and Iron schedules should be put on the free list In order to cheapen the price of the products to the American consumer. He attacked the maximum and minimum provisions of the bill, the countervailing duty on coffee, and said that the Deocratic party favored an income tax, rather than an inheritance tax, which should be left to the states. Declaring that the bill is a practical fulfillment of the pledge made eight months ago to the American people by the Republican party, Representative Longworth of Ohio reviewed the campaign promises of the Democratic party and said that the minority members of the ways and means committee had Just as much opportunity to prepare a bill as the majority. Mr. Longworth declared that the Republican members of the committee do not claim that the Payne bill is in all respects perfect. "We differed ourselves about many of the schedules," he said. "No one of us believes that there is everything In It which ought to be In It and nothing In it which ought not to be. We do not claim, for It, however, that It represents a bonaflde revision of the tariff from top to bottom, We claim for it thol, it Is practically" a literal com-P'CJfce with the pledge of the Republican platform and with the repeated declarations of the leader of our party, the president of the United States." Average Reduction 2.20 Per Cent. Jr. "Longworth presented figures Uing'' to show that the average ad ,irem under the Payne bill is a fV ,;tlon In the ad valorem average of .e Dingley 'bill of 2.20 per cent. He bid that coal and Iron ore have been laced on the free list and the lumber karlff cut In half In order to conform with the proposed conservation of the Rational resources. ; "it protects every American industry, North, South, East and West," 'ae added. "It guarantees to every man jvho wants to work steady employment It steady wages, and wages immensely higher than those paid In any other rnnntrv under the sun. It is a. revln. ion- downward. It has reduced five rtft or auiy ror every one tnat It has lnJaSed and fifteen for every one t&.it It has Increased, except for revenue purposes alone. It provides for true reciprocity as it was understood by Blaine and McKlnley." Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts, said he had lost , patience with those who claim that they cannot vote for free hides because the leather duty and the boot and shoe duty have not been surncienuy toucnea. Ru n was spelled by free calf skin leather and free patent leather, he argued, and Cuutlaued om Third faffe. WOMEN ARE SINGLED OUT FOR HEAVIEST TAXES IN THE NEW TARIFF BILL Many schedules of the Payne bill offer ground for rejoicing among our partisans. In many cases they have not listened to the greedy olamor of selfish and unpatriotic men who have appeared before this committee demanding prohibitive rates upon their own articles. This bill contains heavy taxes on the women of America. In many respects they seem to have been singled out for attack. The new taxes upon leather and coffee, upon women's gloves and cotton stockings, are a direct provocation to woman's suffrage. If this tariff bill does not bring about the franchise of women their cause is hopeless.' But the more serious aspect of the situation is that these duties are chiefly specific and fall more heavily on the poor than upon the rich. The increased tax on cotton stockings is even more serious than those on women's gloves. In hose and half hose, the enormous inoreases in taxation are entirely upon the cheaper grades. Francis Burton Harrison (Dem.). 3 KILLED: 17 Mistake in Orders Causes a Head- On Accident on Trolley Line Near Pittsburg. By Associated Press to Stat Journal. PITTSBURG, March 27. Three persons were killed, two probably fatally hurt and fifteen others suffered In juries that necessitated their re moval to "their homes late this afternoon In a head-on collision between two electric cars on the Pittsburg and Butler Street railway, near Bryant station, this county. The Dead: H. J. CROSS, aged 85, of Mars, Pa., conductor of the southbound car; died of internal Injuries while being removed to a hospital. ALFRED W. SNYDER, aged 27, purchasing agent of the Pittsburg and Butler Street Railway company; his home is at New Haven, Conn. ALBERT HJCINDMAN, aged 40, 6f this city, fare collector on the northbound car. Probably Fatally Injured: Lon Kelley, motorman of the southbound car; right leg fractured and probable internal injuries. J. W. Meyers, Bellevue, Pa., a passenger; right leg broken, thought to be injured internally. Snyder and Heindman were standing with the motorman of the northbound car when the accident occurred and It is remarkable that Kelley was not killed outright. The accident Is said to have been caused by a mistake in orders given the Bouthbound car. This car, which was known as a limited, had been held up for an hour at a grade crossing at Mars, Pa until the tracks had been cleared of wreckage caused by a freight car an the Baltimore and Ohio railroad leaving the tracks. When the line was cleared, It. is said, the car was ordered to go on through to this city. The road Is single tracked and the northbound car, running on the best schedule it could make, crashed Into the on-coming limited at a curve near Bryant Station. Wl SELLS EVIDENCE IN FRISCO GRAFT CASES Private Secretary of Detective Burns Is Arrested With Four Other Men for Conspiracy. IBy Associated Press-te Stat Journal. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. Five men were arrested this afternoon and locked in separate cells in the city prison, accused of conspiring to se cure confidential records and transcripts of evidence of value to the defense In the graft cases from the private offices of the district attorney. The men arrested are Reed N. Hamlin, confidential employe of District Attorney Langdon and for two years private secretary to Detective William J. Burns; Al McKlnley, William Cor-bin, F. A. Piatt and Joseph Van Wormer. After his arrest, Hamlin broke down and made a confession of his part In the affair. He was the only man In the district attorney's office who possessed a key to Burns' desk and also the combination to the safe. It Is alleged that Hamlin, for a consideration of $200 a month, has been in the practice of transcribing records and documents he thought would be of importance to the graft defense and turning them over to McKlnley,. who Is declared to have acted aa a go-between.Burns recently became suspicious of Hamlin and since then he has been allowed to handle nothing of importance. He is alleged to have sold reports of Investigations to members o,f the grand Jury panels In the graft cases, and the others are said to be implicated as intermediaries in the matter. . City Auditor Dies Suddenly. NEWARK, March 27. Frank T. Maurath, city auditor, died suddenly tonight. He had been sick, but was down town last night HURT CAR COLLISION KIDNAPER TRIES I TO BREAK AWAY Mrs. Boyle, En Route to Mercer, Caught Trying to Open a Window on the Train. ADMITS IDENTITY Acknowledges That She Was Anna McDermott Father Comes to Her Assistance. IBy Associated Press to Stat Journal.) PITTSBURG, Pa., March 27. While the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad train bearing Mrs. James H. Boyle, Implicated In" the Whitla kidnaping case, was making 30 miles an hour, at Valencia, 20 miles north of this city, today, Mrs. Boyle made a daring but unsuccessful attempt either to escape or seriously injure herself. Mrs. Boyle, en route to the Mercer county Jail at Mercer, Pa., was in charge of Sheriff Gumbert of Allegheny county and Detectives W. W. Perkins and Gilbert B. Perkins, Jr., of Pittsburg. The train had reached the Bakers- town hill, one mile south of Valencia. William Campbell, a railroad brake-man, opened the rear door of the chair car In which the woman and officers were riding. The next instant Mrs. Boyle Jumped from her seat and ran toward the platform of the car. Some one made a sharp cry and Brakeman Campbell slammed the door and faced the woman. Mrs. Boyle quickly stepped Into the lavatory and was attempting to open the window when Sheriff Gumbert forced his way into the little room and se'zed her. In the meantime, the two detectives guarded the rear platform. Mrs. Boyle was taken back to her seat and the two officers, visibly ex cited by the daring of the woman, Immediately arranged their chairs m a circle around' Mrs. Boyle. Admits Her Identity. At Mercer, Pa., tonight. Mrs. Boyle admitted that she was Anna McDer mott and that her father was William McDermott of Chicago. When told that her father was in Pittsburg and had retained a lawyer to look after her interests, she said: "I'm tired and sick of the whole busi ness. There is no use denying It any longer. I am Anna McDermott and my father Is William McDermott of Chi cago. "I have told many lies lately, but now I will tell you the truth. Yes, he Is my father. ' "My early education," continued Mrs. Boyle, "was received In the public schools of Chicago and then later I was sent to a convent In Wisconsin. What was its name? Well, that Is not necessary. . My mother had been dead for several years. I really am Mrs. Boyle. We were married three years ago. No, we have no children, but I am very fond of little ones. "Afraid to stand trial? No; When I go on the stand and tell my story it will throw an entirely different light on the kidnaping episode. Until then I would ask the public to withhold Its Judgment. I want you to correct one thing for me. In no way am I related to the Whltlas or Buhls in Sharon. "I mean to stand by my husband through this aftair. I do not know what his connection with the whole dreadful thing is, but I am sure he was not the Instigator of the kidnaping plot. I will not say whether he had any knowledge or not. Father Will Aid the Woman. William McDermott, the retired Chi cago fireman and father of Mrs. Boyle, has retracted his declaration mad yesterday that he would not assist the girl and on his arrival In this city today retained an attorney to look after the case. McDermott did not get a chance to see Mrs. Boyle, as the woman had been taken to Mercer, Pa., before he could visit her. After the departure of the prisoner, It was learned that her sudden re moval from this city was due to a fear on the part of the detectives connected with the case that McDer mott would Institute habeas corpus proceedings to secure the release of the girl. McDermott is said to have made his arrangements so quietly today that few persons knew he was In the city. It is Impossible to find him tonight A note on the door leading to the office of Attorney William J. Jordan, who. It Is reported, will protect Mr. McDermott s interests in the case said that the lawyer would not be back until Tuesday. It is thought he has gone to Mercer and that Mr. McDermott went with him. At every station between Pittsburg and Mercer crowds congregated and cheered Mrs. Boyle today and strug gled with the police In their endeavors to see and talk to her. Unlike a trip to prison on a serious charge, her Journey to Mercer was more like the triumphal Journey of some person or renown. WOMAN PLACED IN JAIL. MERCER, Pa., March 27. Mrs, Boyle arrived here at 11:03 a. m., in company of the detectives. There wbb no one at the station, it not being known she was coming, she was placed in Jail. It is probable the prisoners will be given a preliminary hearing early next week. The charge against Boyle will be kidnaping, but the nature of the proceedings to be instituted against the woman has not been divulged. The prisoners have given no Intimation of their having made arrangement for counsel to defend them. KIDNAPED GIRL RECOVERED. IRONTON, March 27. Belle Melvln, an 11-year-old orphan girl of the Children's home, who was kidnaped from the Kingsbury school grounds, has been recovered at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Arch Melvln of Catletts-burg. The child's feet were badly blistered, caused by her having been made to walk several miles to avoid detection. Melvln waited at the river in a skiff for his wife' while she secured the child. They will be arrested for kidnaping. SEE BOUTS S S Three Fistic Encounters Provoke Much Fun With a Minimum ' of Damage. Three rattling bouts (this is sport ing parlance) were pulled off last night, at the wind-up of a bum business meeting of the Buckeye Republican club. A lot of politicians spieled in glittering generalities at the gabfest. When the mits got busy they cume off their perch and showed themselves to be sports all right, all right. The preliminary was an innocent little clash between two kids. .The mits they put on them were almost as big as pillows. They couldn't hurt each other in a week; In fact, It wasn't Intended they should. The kids en- Joyed It as much as the crowd. There was heaps of wlndmllllng and no punishment.Bunch Fell For a Stall. Kid Bennett and Kid Sotnebody-Else, featherweights, were next introduced by Referee Ed Francis. Bennett had the advantage in weight, but he was shy on science. Then Kid Somebody Else wasn't no gentleman fighter. He had a way of covering up his neacl with the mits and letting Bennett tire himself out smashing him in the ribs, Everytime Bennett winded himself at i this and stopped ror a long oreatn the other Kid would wake up ana fly Into. him. Usually he had Benett across the ropes before he had taken a long breath. Two or three times Bennett nearly toon tne count, jusi to give the wise ffuys a run for their money, the other Kid took a count or two. Between you ana i, ooui jvias were stalling, but the bunch tell for it The other Kid got the decision. Two of Smoky's Disciples. The star attraction was a couple of Sinokv Hobbs' pupils. Smoky Intro duced them. "Gentlemen and" Smokv said, then stopped. It was evi dent Smoky for the moment had dronned into the old caKewalK torm "I trust, gentlemen," he continued, "you will refrain from offering suggestions to the fistic artists. They know what to do. I trained them." Smoky is the erond s. Kid Moffatt, a dusky specimen with nn evnansive smile und curved under pinning, first climbed through the rones. Kid Simpson, a rod-headed railroader; followed bashfully. The crowd was ready for the real thing by this time and some noisy. Timekeeper Webber used the club gavel instead of a gong, and set things moving witn dispatch. This was a real gentlemanly bout, Mr. Moffatt advanced airily to the center of the ring and shook hands onwitnltv with Mr. Simpson. in?n they danced away, their style of fighting was akin to Jim i orDeir. ana av,b Attell In a shadow-fighting stunt. They were most considerate. Once Mr Simpson lorgot nimseit in me nrst round and slammed a left between the niriiiv lios of Mr. MOtiati, put lmmeai ateiv hnecred him, Just to show he didn't really mean it. The referee rudely broke tne emurac-e. Timekeeper Forgets His Job. In the second round Mr. Moffatt for erot himself for a moment and wal, lnnert Mr. Stmnson on the Jaw. He, too, was penitent Immediately, and when the referee got him he nuu Dotn arms about Mr. Simpson's neck. Billy Kennedy. Willis Pearson. DkK Sinclair, Mort Hayes, Billy Carlisle and a lot of bther personages gave Mr. Simpson some well intended advice. "Hit him on the shins!" was the burden of it, but Mr. Simpson foolishly persisted in swinging for the dusky man s neau. The last round Timekeeper Webber got so interested he forgot he was on the Job. Some one reminded him, after the gentlemen had wrestled about the H5 DF VARIQIJ S ACRID PHECINCTS ring for about seven minutes and nearly tore down the ropes In their efforts to get away from each other. Then he poundeJ lustily with the mallet, and the whole thing was off. The referee said it was a draw. The bunch said it was pretty fair, but too short. SEES LESSON IN PANIC Rockefeller Says It Will Lead to Sater Investments. V By Awsooteled Pre.as to Stat .RutrnM.k NEW YORK, March 27. While cautious in expressing an opinion as to the quick revival of business, John D. Rockefeller has no doubt of the future. The setback of the panic of 1907 wlh lead, he believes, to safer institutions and more conservative management in business operations. Part of Mr. Rockefellers reminis cences in the April issue of the World's Work deal with the last and other panics. The last, he says, was the must trying of all. No one escaped it, great or small. Mr. Morgan's commanding personality served a most valuable end in the crisis, he says. Dealing with the lesson of the panic, Mr. Rockefeller utters a caution to business men. "Let them study their own affairs frankly," he says, "and face the truth. If their methods are extravagant, let them realize the fact and act accordingly. One can not successfully go against natural tendencies." Of CHRIST II FAILURE Bishop Says Movements to "Live as Jesus Would" End in Imitators Becoming Morbid. tBy Assoilated Press to State Journal. BALTIMORE, March 27. Bishop Warren A. Chandler, presiding over the Baltimore conference of the Meth odist Episcopal oVirch, South, in ses sion here today declared against the "Live Like Christ" movements started in several cities of the country re cently. "All these so-called move ments to make people live as they think Christ would live have been fail ures," he sold. "From Thomas a' Kempis down, all who have tried uch plans have ended because becoming morbid. He succeeded better than the man In Kansas, and a great deal better than my brother In Cleveland These campaigns did no good." BOY'S CAP IS SHOT OFF Wisconsin Grocery Boy Is Threatened by "an Enemy." By Associated Press to State Journal. PARK FALLS, Wis., March 27. Clifford Bushing, aged 17, driver for a local grocery, was fired on by an un known assailant after dark tonight while he was driying through the woods about two miles from here. One bullet knocked his cap from his head. Bushing, who was unable to see his assailant, returned the fire and the assassin fled. Thursday Bushing received a letter by mall signed "An r.nemy, inform lng him he would be killed. No motive for the attempted assassination Is known. Four Die in Explosion. JOLIET, 111., March 27. Four persons are .supposed to have been killed and six others badly, 1f not fatally wounded in an explosion at the plant of the Illinois Steel company tonight. The whole city felt the shock of the explosion. 1 CO 1 Jl REPORTS AROU ISE FEARS OF RIOTING I'elegiama num spiiugneiu ana Dayton Bring Prompt Denials Here. Reports were sent out from Spring field last night to the effect that violence was feared there because of ex citement worked up in anticipation of the option election tomorrow and that Adjutant General Weybrecht had ordered the saloons closed and instructed troops ut Dayton, Bellefontaine and Urbana to hold themselves in readi ness for a call. The reports brought prompt denials from the adjutant general here, however. Col. Weybrecht said he had not ordered the saloons closed nor had he power so to do, and hadn't issued any military orders so fur as Springfield was concerned. He furthermore declared he hadn't been In communication with the Springfield authorities about prospective trouble. Dayton Also "Reports." A report was sent c-ut from Dayton during the evening that Col. H. G. Ca-trow, commander of the Third regiment, was said to have required the Dayton troops to hold themselves In readiness to go to Springfield. The Dayton report also said that cars were being held in readiness for the transportation of the troops. About the only feature of the' exciting reports which could be substantiated was the statement that the sa loons were closed and credit for this was taken by the saloonkeepers, who said they had closed them voluntarily and would keep them shut until after the election. NO TROUBLE FEARED. SPRINGFIELD, March 27. At midnight it was learned on the best authority that the scare order for mobilization of military was due to the presence In the city of a representative of the adjutant general's office, who has been here for several days. The dry leaders say that the force of detectives has not reported the slightest indication of trouble. Never in the history of the city has there been such an unioue nrocessinn as that of the women and children of this city tills afternoon, held for the purpose of showing the voters how the women stand on tne liquor Question. An active campaign has been made by both the drys and wets for the elec tion which occurs Monday. Gathering ui me various cnurcnes, the members of the Sunday schools and the women of the congregations formed In lines for the monster parade. Many ban ners were displayed. The Sunday school children had been practicing appropriate hymns, and as they marched through the principal streets they sans;, the women Joining the little folks. Business Suspended. The procession was headed by Rev. P. Ross Parish of the Central M. E. church, President C. C. Heekert of Wittenberg college und other minis ters. A great majority of the school children of the public schools turned out with their teachers. Business was practically suspended. The campaign will close tomorrow night with great meetings. The wet meeting will be addressed by Clarence Darrow of Chicago at the Fairbanks theater. The dry meeting will be addressed by George R. Stuart In a great tent which has been the scene of phenomenal meetings during the last week. WILL GO INTO THE GUTTER. BELLE FONTAINE, March 27. Mayor Nlven has ruled that hereafter no liquor taken from parties who appear in his court after visits to wet territory will be returned. The liquor will be poured into the gutter by the police. -rp MUST ANSWER MONDAY Servia Given One More Day in Which to State Her Position. fBy Associated Press to State Journal VIENNA. March 27. According to official reports from Belgrade, the Ser vian premier tomorrow w! '"W1"1 i ,,ii. dismissing all the Servian re-servlsts.It is semi -officially reported that Servla's dismissal of the reservists would not in itself satisfy Austria, which demands the abandonment of all the Servian claims made in connection with the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is further stated that unless Servia gives a precise declaration by Monday of her intentions Count For-gach, the Austrian ambassador ut Belgrade, will present the final note of the Austro-Hungarian government on Monday evening. BELGRADE, March 27. At a meeting of the cabinet today at which King Peter was present, the resigna tion of Prince George as crown prince was accepted. The subject will come up before the national assembly tomorrow, when in all probability, Prince Alexander will be proclaimed his successor. KILLS SON ID SELF; TRIES TO KILL OTHERS Jealous Motorman Attempts Ex termination of His Whole Family by Shooting. By Associated Press to Stata Journal PITTSBURG, March 27. After firing two bullets at his wife, pointing a revolver at his mother-in-law, when she attempted to help her daughter, and trying vainly to get his little daughter out of u neighbor's house that he might kill her. Harry Smith, aged 31 years, a motorman, living at Coraopolls, today sent a bullet through the brain of his 6-year-old son. Richard, killing the boy instantly, and then shot himself through the head, dying in a few moments. The cause of the tragedy is said to have been liquor and jealousy. KILLS BABIES AND HERSELF. DES MOINES, March 27. In a tit of despondency following a long Illness, Mrs. John Lynch, living on a farm near Cedar Rapids, this afternoon cut the throat of her 5-weeks-old baby and her 8-year-old son. She then attacked her three other children but they escaped and ran to a neighbor's house and spread the alarm. When help arrived Mrs. Lynch had cut her own' throat and had set the house afire. TRAGEDY IN A GARDEN Boston Newspaper Man Kills Wife and Himself. IBy Associated Press to Slat Journal.) BOSTON,' March 27. A Btartling tragedy was enacted In the public garden near the entrance of the Boyls-ton street subway tonight while the early evening suburban rush was at its height. Suffering from nervous trouble, with which he had been afflicted for several ye-vrs, Lawrence Boyle, a well-known newspaper man, shot and killed his wife and then ended his own life by the same means. Mrs. Boyle was shot through the mouth and her husband through the left Ibreast. Btoth died almost Instantly. Boyle waB about 40 years old nnH hl wlf &. few rears vounirer For 20 years he had been on the staff of the Boston Globe. IM S ATTACK FFICEHS POSSE Creeks Slay Two Deputies and Fatally Wound Another at Hickory Grounds. CALL OUT TROOPS Indians Well Supplied With Am munition and Serious Engagement Is Expected. IRy Associated Press to State Journal. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., March 27. In a pitched battle at Hickory Grounds at 6 this evening, between five officers and 20 Creek Indians of the Snake clan, Officers Herman Baum of Checo- tah and Herman Odom of Checotah were killed. Frank Jones and William Carr escaped without injury and fled to the settlements, where the news of the battle was telephoned to Sheriff. Odom of Mcintosh county. Frank Swift, also a member of the posse, was probably fatally wounded. Swift dragged himself from the scene of the battle and was later picked up by Carr and taken to Pierce, a station one mile away. Jones boarded a train at Pierce and went, to Checotah early in the evening, bearing some details of the battle. The officers, having heard that the' Indians and negroes were again peaceable after the battle of Thursday morning, approached the cabin of Chitti Harjo, near Hickory Ground, without fear of trouble, to serve a warrant. As they were entering the chief's yard, 20 guns were leveled upon them from as many men In the house and around the corners. Odom and Baum fell dead and Swift was seriously injured. Jones ran a few yards and hid himself In a clump oV trees until the Indians disappeared. Then he returned to the bodies of his compan- Ions. Finding them dead he hurried to Pierce. Within 30 minutes after the report of the battle reached Checotah a hundred men were armed. Every available gun and practically all the ammunition in town was taken. In an hour CO men were marching toward Hickory Ground. When the ..no"-"11 reached Muskogee, officer., nnmeaiateiy Issued a call fui men and In a short time a posse of. 00 was ready to march. From Henryetta to Teletka men will also go tonight to Pierce ,the place selected for mobilization. Four Companies Are Called Out. At 11 tonight Adjutant Genet- Frank Con ton of the Oklahoma N tional Guard wired Colonel Roy Hor, man of Chandler to call immediate!. four companies of the state guard foi mooui.auon. lomiianies at MKiununiv City, Chandler, Muskogee and DurarftN-Jv-probably will depart soon for HenryV 1 , ;, ,ys tha :.v-3i Phasing V- etia. A dispatch from Checotah say Snake Indians have been purchasing t itles and ammunition for a month and that they are supplied with powder und lead enough to last them two days. Harjo. who has so often within the past two years expressed his displeasure at the restraints of law and who has often called his men into council on that account, is believed to have determined to make a firm stand in behalf of his Ideas of liberty. His band have been outlaws for years. It required the services of United States officers and the threat-of a call for the state militia to quell his band last fall during a session of the council at Hickory Ground. When Sheriff Odom received from the district clerk at Kufaula today a warrant for the arrest of Harjo, tha clerk admonished him that he would have trouble. "The freedmen are cowards," said Odom, "and there is no danger." Officers from Henryetta visited Hickory Ground today and found It practically deserted. They returned late this afternoon and reported that the four negroes killed in the fight of Thursday morning were burled today. ORDERS TROOPS OUT. GUTHRIE, Okla., March 27. At tha telephoned request of Sheriff Odom of Mcintosh county, Governor Haskell directed Adjutant General Canton to assume charge of the situation and order necessary militia to the scene of tonight's battle at Hickory Ground between officers and Creek Indians. The Chandler company has been ordered to hold Itself In readiness to proceed at an instant's notice. CLIP TEACHER'S BEARD Texas Students Barber Professor on Campus at Night. 'j IBy Associated Press to Stats Journal FORT WORTH, Tex., March 27 ?. Because Professor L. A. Wiltsey, a new instructor in the University of C Fort Worth, declined to shave off his V long side whiskers at the request of 200 students, he lost them late last ''' night In the dark of the campus grounds. While walking home from prayer meeting he wus approached by 20 young men, supposedly students, who threw him on the grass and clipped A his whiskers. Several expulsions are . expected. 'f MOUSE CAUSES A PANIC Women at Show Jump on Chairs and Beg Men to Kill It. t By Associated Press to State Journal. . WOMELSDORF, Pa., March 27,A "V mouse caused a panic among the 300-spectators in a moving picture show f given in the Womelsdorf Town hall tonight. The mouse was discovered on a vi window ledge by a young woman, who -; screamed. t 1 v In an Instant 100 women weru v standing on chairs and appealing to the men to' kill the mouse. The show , .:. was suspended for 10 minutes, (hairs and benches were upset and window pones broken In the confusion. .No one was hurt. 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WEATHER Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday. The REPAIR W9RK columns on the Classified Page contain the names of the best repair establishments in the city. NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 87. COLUMBUS, OHIO, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 190'. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. i iopaRY. 1909 MAIN SECTION ffiMu iHf situ mt mnrtnl oRSilEB Congressman Harrison Says They Seem to Have Been Singled Out in Tariff Bill. OHIO MEN SPEAK Longworth Defends Payne Bill and Ansberry Pays His Respects to Pinchot. tBy Associated Press to State Jounvail. WASHINGTON, March 27. Debate on the tariff bill In the house today was largely devoted to academic dls-cugldn of the question and the po-l"iif .. questions ' Involved, although Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts thoroughly reviewed the question of free hides and a tariff on leather goods. Mr. Longworth of Ohio and Mr. Harrison of New York, the new Democratic member of the ways and means committee, were the only representatives of the tariff framing committee who made speeches. -In order to expedite discussion of the tariff bill, unanimous consent today was given that the sessions hereafter shall begin at JO instead of 11 a. m.; that a recess should be taken at 6 and that, resuming at 8 o'clock, the sessions should continue until 10:30. The request for unanimous co-sent was made by Mr. Payne, who sa.. 'hat there already were 40 or 50 members ,vho had indicated their desire to sptak. Mr. Clark of Missouri, the minority leader, asked how long general debate would continue. He said he was much embarrassed by his lack of information. When his Democratic colleagues asked for time in which to speak, he found It difficult to make allotments. Mr. Payne replied that he was, suffering under a similar embarrassment, but did not supply the information desired. Some Cause for Rejoicing. Declaring that there would be no dissension in the Democratic ranks of th$jrftouHe with regard to the tariff, ttnVT;Wt the Fitzgerald amendment to the rules made it possible for the Inlnorlty to express its views upon Intendments -to the, bill by a reeord rote, Representative Harrison dismissed various .features of the bill. "Jtf.ft'JV schedules of the Payne bill offer ground for rejoicing among our partisans," he said. "In many cases they have not listened to the greedy clamor of selfish and unpatriotic men who have appeared before this committee demanding prohibitive rates upon their own articles." Under Republican management, said Mr. Harrison, the nation was fast approaching bankruptcy. "This bill contains heavy taxes on the women of America," he continued. "In many respects they seem to have been singled out for attack. The new taxes upon leather and coffee, upon women's gloves and cotton stockings, are a direct provocation to woman's suffrage. If this tariff bill does not bring about the franchise of women their cause Is hopeless: But the most serious aspect of the situation is that these duties are chiefly specific and" fall more heavily on the poor than upon the rich. The Increased tax on cotton stockings is even more serious than those on women's gloves. In hose and half hose, the enormous Increases in taxation are entirely upon the jiteaper grades." .''Says Rates Are Prohibitive. While expressing gratification that Iron ore had been placed on the free list, Mr. Harrison claimed that the rates In a majority of cases on the metal ; schedule were still prohibitive. Mr. Harrison declared that every Item on the steel and Iron schedules should be put on the free list In order to cheapen the price of the products to the American consumer. He attacked the maximum and minimum provisions of the bill, the countervailing duty on coffee, and said that the Deocratic party favored an income tax, rather than an inheritance tax, which should be left to the states. Declaring that the bill is a practical fulfillment of the pledge made eight months ago to the American people by the Republican party, Representative Longworth of Ohio reviewed the campaign promises of the Democratic party and said that the minority members of the ways and means committee had Just as much opportunity to prepare a bill as the majority. Mr. Longworth declared that the Republican members of the committee do not claim that the Payne bill is in all respects perfect. "We differed ourselves about many of the schedules," he said. "No one of us believes that there is everything In It which ought to be In It and nothing In it which ought not to be. We do not claim, for It, however, that It represents a bonaflde revision of the tariff from top to bottom, We claim for it thol, it Is practically" a literal com-P'CJfce with the pledge of the Republican platform and with the repeated declarations of the leader of our party, the president of the United States." Average Reduction 2.20 Per Cent. Jr. "Longworth presented figures Uing'' to show that the average ad ,irem under the Payne bill is a fV ,;tlon In the ad valorem average of .e Dingley 'bill of 2.20 per cent. He bid that coal and Iron ore have been laced on the free list and the lumber karlff cut In half In order to conform with the proposed conservation of the Rational resources. ; "it protects every American industry, North, South, East and West," 'ae added. "It guarantees to every man jvho wants to work steady employment It steady wages, and wages immensely higher than those paid In any other rnnntrv under the sun. It is a. revln. ion- downward. It has reduced five rtft or auiy ror every one tnat It has lnJaSed and fifteen for every one t&.it It has Increased, except for revenue purposes alone. It provides for true reciprocity as it was understood by Blaine and McKlnley." Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts, said he had lost , patience with those who claim that they cannot vote for free hides because the leather duty and the boot and shoe duty have not been surncienuy toucnea. Ru n was spelled by free calf skin leather and free patent leather, he argued, and Cuutlaued om Third faffe. WOMEN ARE SINGLED OUT FOR HEAVIEST TAXES IN THE NEW TARIFF BILL Many schedules of the Payne bill offer ground for rejoicing among our partisans. In many cases they have not listened to the greedy olamor of selfish and unpatriotic men who have appeared before this committee demanding prohibitive rates upon their own articles. This bill contains heavy taxes on the women of America. In many respects they seem to have been singled out for attack. The new taxes upon leather and coffee, upon women's gloves and cotton stockings, are a direct provocation to woman's suffrage. If this tariff bill does not bring about the franchise of women their cause is hopeless.' But the more serious aspect of the situation is that these duties are chiefly specific and fall more heavily on the poor than upon the rich. The increased tax on cotton stockings is even more serious than those on women's gloves. In hose and half hose, the enormous inoreases in taxation are entirely upon the cheaper grades. Francis Burton Harrison (Dem.). 3 KILLED: 17 Mistake in Orders Causes a Head- On Accident on Trolley Line Near Pittsburg. By Associated Press to Stat Journal. PITTSBURG, March 27. Three persons were killed, two probably fatally hurt and fifteen others suffered In juries that necessitated their re moval to "their homes late this afternoon In a head-on collision between two electric cars on the Pittsburg and Butler Street railway, near Bryant station, this county. The Dead: H. J. CROSS, aged 85, of Mars, Pa., conductor of the southbound car; died of internal Injuries while being removed to a hospital. ALFRED W. SNYDER, aged 27, purchasing agent of the Pittsburg and Butler Street Railway company; his home is at New Haven, Conn. ALBERT HJCINDMAN, aged 40, 6f this city, fare collector on the northbound car. Probably Fatally Injured: Lon Kelley, motorman of the southbound car; right leg fractured and probable internal injuries. J. W. Meyers, Bellevue, Pa., a passenger; right leg broken, thought to be injured internally. Snyder and Heindman were standing with the motorman of the northbound car when the accident occurred and It is remarkable that Kelley was not killed outright. The accident Is said to have been caused by a mistake in orders given the Bouthbound car. This car, which was known as a limited, had been held up for an hour at a grade crossing at Mars, Pa until the tracks had been cleared of wreckage caused by a freight car an the Baltimore and Ohio railroad leaving the tracks. When the line was cleared, It. is said, the car was ordered to go on through to this city. The road Is single tracked and the northbound car, running on the best schedule it could make, crashed Into the on-coming limited at a curve near Bryant Station. Wl SELLS EVIDENCE IN FRISCO GRAFT CASES Private Secretary of Detective Burns Is Arrested With Four Other Men for Conspiracy. IBy Associated Press-te Stat Journal. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. Five men were arrested this afternoon and locked in separate cells in the city prison, accused of conspiring to se cure confidential records and transcripts of evidence of value to the defense In the graft cases from the private offices of the district attorney. The men arrested are Reed N. Hamlin, confidential employe of District Attorney Langdon and for two years private secretary to Detective William J. Burns; Al McKlnley, William Cor-bin, F. A. Piatt and Joseph Van Wormer. After his arrest, Hamlin broke down and made a confession of his part In the affair. He was the only man In the district attorney's office who possessed a key to Burns' desk and also the combination to the safe. It Is alleged that Hamlin, for a consideration of $200 a month, has been in the practice of transcribing records and documents he thought would be of importance to the graft defense and turning them over to McKlnley,. who Is declared to have acted aa a go-between.Burns recently became suspicious of Hamlin and since then he has been allowed to handle nothing of importance. He is alleged to have sold reports of Investigations to members o,f the grand Jury panels In the graft cases, and the others are said to be implicated as intermediaries in the matter. . City Auditor Dies Suddenly. NEWARK, March 27. Frank T. Maurath, city auditor, died suddenly tonight. He had been sick, but was down town last night HURT CAR COLLISION KIDNAPER TRIES I TO BREAK AWAY Mrs. Boyle, En Route to Mercer, Caught Trying to Open a Window on the Train. ADMITS IDENTITY Acknowledges That She Was Anna McDermott Father Comes to Her Assistance. IBy Associated Press to Stat Journal.) PITTSBURG, Pa., March 27. While the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad train bearing Mrs. James H. Boyle, Implicated In" the Whitla kidnaping case, was making 30 miles an hour, at Valencia, 20 miles north of this city, today, Mrs. Boyle made a daring but unsuccessful attempt either to escape or seriously injure herself. Mrs. Boyle, en route to the Mercer county Jail at Mercer, Pa., was in charge of Sheriff Gumbert of Allegheny county and Detectives W. W. Perkins and Gilbert B. Perkins, Jr., of Pittsburg. The train had reached the Bakers- town hill, one mile south of Valencia. William Campbell, a railroad brake-man, opened the rear door of the chair car In which the woman and officers were riding. The next instant Mrs. Boyle Jumped from her seat and ran toward the platform of the car. Some one made a sharp cry and Brakeman Campbell slammed the door and faced the woman. Mrs. Boyle quickly stepped Into the lavatory and was attempting to open the window when Sheriff Gumbert forced his way into the little room and se'zed her. In the meantime, the two detectives guarded the rear platform. Mrs. Boyle was taken back to her seat and the two officers, visibly ex cited by the daring of the woman, Immediately arranged their chairs m a circle around' Mrs. Boyle. Admits Her Identity. At Mercer, Pa., tonight. Mrs. Boyle admitted that she was Anna McDer mott and that her father was William McDermott of Chicago. When told that her father was in Pittsburg and had retained a lawyer to look after her interests, she said: "I'm tired and sick of the whole busi ness. There is no use denying It any longer. I am Anna McDermott and my father Is William McDermott of Chi cago. "I have told many lies lately, but now I will tell you the truth. Yes, he Is my father. ' "My early education," continued Mrs. Boyle, "was received In the public schools of Chicago and then later I was sent to a convent In Wisconsin. What was its name? Well, that Is not necessary. . My mother had been dead for several years. I really am Mrs. Boyle. We were married three years ago. No, we have no children, but I am very fond of little ones. "Afraid to stand trial? No; When I go on the stand and tell my story it will throw an entirely different light on the kidnaping episode. Until then I would ask the public to withhold Its Judgment. I want you to correct one thing for me. In no way am I related to the Whltlas or Buhls in Sharon. "I mean to stand by my husband through this aftair. I do not know what his connection with the whole dreadful thing is, but I am sure he was not the Instigator of the kidnaping plot. I will not say whether he had any knowledge or not. Father Will Aid the Woman. William McDermott, the retired Chi cago fireman and father of Mrs. Boyle, has retracted his declaration mad yesterday that he would not assist the girl and on his arrival In this city today retained an attorney to look after the case. McDermott did not get a chance to see Mrs. Boyle, as the woman had been taken to Mercer, Pa., before he could visit her. After the departure of the prisoner, It was learned that her sudden re moval from this city was due to a fear on the part of the detectives connected with the case that McDer mott would Institute habeas corpus proceedings to secure the release of the girl. McDermott is said to have made his arrangements so quietly today that few persons knew he was In the city. It is Impossible to find him tonight A note on the door leading to the office of Attorney William J. Jordan, who. It Is reported, will protect Mr. McDermott s interests in the case said that the lawyer would not be back until Tuesday. It is thought he has gone to Mercer and that Mr. McDermott went with him. At every station between Pittsburg and Mercer crowds congregated and cheered Mrs. Boyle today and strug gled with the police In their endeavors to see and talk to her. Unlike a trip to prison on a serious charge, her Journey to Mercer was more like the triumphal Journey of some person or renown. WOMAN PLACED IN JAIL. MERCER, Pa., March 27. Mrs, Boyle arrived here at 11:03 a. m., in company of the detectives. There wbb no one at the station, it not being known she was coming, she was placed in Jail. It is probable the prisoners will be given a preliminary hearing early next week. The charge against Boyle will be kidnaping, but the nature of the proceedings to be instituted against the woman has not been divulged. The prisoners have given no Intimation of their having made arrangement for counsel to defend them. KIDNAPED GIRL RECOVERED. IRONTON, March 27. Belle Melvln, an 11-year-old orphan girl of the Children's home, who was kidnaped from the Kingsbury school grounds, has been recovered at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Arch Melvln of Catletts-burg. The child's feet were badly blistered, caused by her having been made to walk several miles to avoid detection. Melvln waited at the river in a skiff for his wife' while she secured the child. They will be arrested for kidnaping. SEE BOUTS S S Three Fistic Encounters Provoke Much Fun With a Minimum ' of Damage. Three rattling bouts (this is sport ing parlance) were pulled off last night, at the wind-up of a bum business meeting of the Buckeye Republican club. A lot of politicians spieled in glittering generalities at the gabfest. When the mits got busy they cume off their perch and showed themselves to be sports all right, all right. The preliminary was an innocent little clash between two kids. .The mits they put on them were almost as big as pillows. They couldn't hurt each other in a week; In fact, It wasn't Intended they should. The kids en- Joyed It as much as the crowd. There was heaps of wlndmllllng and no punishment.Bunch Fell For a Stall. Kid Bennett and Kid Sotnebody-Else, featherweights, were next introduced by Referee Ed Francis. Bennett had the advantage in weight, but he was shy on science. Then Kid Somebody Else wasn't no gentleman fighter. He had a way of covering up his neacl with the mits and letting Bennett tire himself out smashing him in the ribs, Everytime Bennett winded himself at i this and stopped ror a long oreatn the other Kid would wake up ana fly Into. him. Usually he had Benett across the ropes before he had taken a long breath. Two or three times Bennett nearly toon tne count, jusi to give the wise ffuys a run for their money, the other Kid took a count or two. Between you ana i, ooui jvias were stalling, but the bunch tell for it The other Kid got the decision. Two of Smoky's Disciples. The star attraction was a couple of Sinokv Hobbs' pupils. Smoky Intro duced them. "Gentlemen and" Smokv said, then stopped. It was evi dent Smoky for the moment had dronned into the old caKewalK torm "I trust, gentlemen," he continued, "you will refrain from offering suggestions to the fistic artists. They know what to do. I trained them." Smoky is the erond s. Kid Moffatt, a dusky specimen with nn evnansive smile und curved under pinning, first climbed through the rones. Kid Simpson, a rod-headed railroader; followed bashfully. The crowd was ready for the real thing by this time and some noisy. Timekeeper Webber used the club gavel instead of a gong, and set things moving witn dispatch. This was a real gentlemanly bout, Mr. Moffatt advanced airily to the center of the ring and shook hands onwitnltv with Mr. Simpson. in?n they danced away, their style of fighting was akin to Jim i orDeir. ana av,b Attell In a shadow-fighting stunt. They were most considerate. Once Mr Simpson lorgot nimseit in me nrst round and slammed a left between the niriiiv lios of Mr. MOtiati, put lmmeai ateiv hnecred him, Just to show he didn't really mean it. The referee rudely broke tne emurac-e. Timekeeper Forgets His Job. In the second round Mr. Moffatt for erot himself for a moment and wal, lnnert Mr. Stmnson on the Jaw. He, too, was penitent Immediately, and when the referee got him he nuu Dotn arms about Mr. Simpson's neck. Billy Kennedy. Willis Pearson. DkK Sinclair, Mort Hayes, Billy Carlisle and a lot of bther personages gave Mr. Simpson some well intended advice. "Hit him on the shins!" was the burden of it, but Mr. Simpson foolishly persisted in swinging for the dusky man s neau. The last round Timekeeper Webber got so interested he forgot he was on the Job. Some one reminded him, after the gentlemen had wrestled about the H5 DF VARIQIJ S ACRID PHECINCTS ring for about seven minutes and nearly tore down the ropes In their efforts to get away from each other. Then he poundeJ lustily with the mallet, and the whole thing was off. The referee said it was a draw. The bunch said it was pretty fair, but too short. SEES LESSON IN PANIC Rockefeller Says It Will Lead to Sater Investments. V By Awsooteled Pre.as to Stat .RutrnM.k NEW YORK, March 27. While cautious in expressing an opinion as to the quick revival of business, John D. Rockefeller has no doubt of the future. The setback of the panic of 1907 wlh lead, he believes, to safer institutions and more conservative management in business operations. Part of Mr. Rockefellers reminis cences in the April issue of the World's Work deal with the last and other panics. The last, he says, was the must trying of all. No one escaped it, great or small. Mr. Morgan's commanding personality served a most valuable end in the crisis, he says. Dealing with the lesson of the panic, Mr. Rockefeller utters a caution to business men. "Let them study their own affairs frankly," he says, "and face the truth. If their methods are extravagant, let them realize the fact and act accordingly. One can not successfully go against natural tendencies." Of CHRIST II FAILURE Bishop Says Movements to "Live as Jesus Would" End in Imitators Becoming Morbid. tBy Assoilated Press to State Journal. BALTIMORE, March 27. Bishop Warren A. Chandler, presiding over the Baltimore conference of the Meth odist Episcopal oVirch, South, in ses sion here today declared against the "Live Like Christ" movements started in several cities of the country re cently. "All these so-called move ments to make people live as they think Christ would live have been fail ures," he sold. "From Thomas a' Kempis down, all who have tried uch plans have ended because becoming morbid. He succeeded better than the man In Kansas, and a great deal better than my brother In Cleveland These campaigns did no good." BOY'S CAP IS SHOT OFF Wisconsin Grocery Boy Is Threatened by "an Enemy." By Associated Press to State Journal. PARK FALLS, Wis., March 27. Clifford Bushing, aged 17, driver for a local grocery, was fired on by an un known assailant after dark tonight while he was driying through the woods about two miles from here. One bullet knocked his cap from his head. Bushing, who was unable to see his assailant, returned the fire and the assassin fled. Thursday Bushing received a letter by mall signed "An r.nemy, inform lng him he would be killed. No motive for the attempted assassination Is known. Four Die in Explosion. JOLIET, 111., March 27. Four persons are .supposed to have been killed and six others badly, 1f not fatally wounded in an explosion at the plant of the Illinois Steel company tonight. The whole city felt the shock of the explosion. 1 CO 1 Jl REPORTS AROU ISE FEARS OF RIOTING I'elegiama num spiiugneiu ana Dayton Bring Prompt Denials Here. Reports were sent out from Spring field last night to the effect that violence was feared there because of ex citement worked up in anticipation of the option election tomorrow and that Adjutant General Weybrecht had ordered the saloons closed and instructed troops ut Dayton, Bellefontaine and Urbana to hold themselves in readi ness for a call. The reports brought prompt denials from the adjutant general here, however. Col. Weybrecht said he had not ordered the saloons closed nor had he power so to do, and hadn't issued any military orders so fur as Springfield was concerned. He furthermore declared he hadn't been In communication with the Springfield authorities about prospective trouble. Dayton Also "Reports." A report was sent c-ut from Dayton during the evening that Col. H. G. Ca-trow, commander of the Third regiment, was said to have required the Dayton troops to hold themselves In readiness to go to Springfield. The Dayton report also said that cars were being held in readiness for the transportation of the troops. About the only feature of the' exciting reports which could be substantiated was the statement that the sa loons were closed and credit for this was taken by the saloonkeepers, who said they had closed them voluntarily and would keep them shut until after the election. NO TROUBLE FEARED. SPRINGFIELD, March 27. At midnight it was learned on the best authority that the scare order for mobilization of military was due to the presence In the city of a representative of the adjutant general's office, who has been here for several days. The dry leaders say that the force of detectives has not reported the slightest indication of trouble. Never in the history of the city has there been such an unioue nrocessinn as that of the women and children of this city tills afternoon, held for the purpose of showing the voters how the women stand on tne liquor Question. An active campaign has been made by both the drys and wets for the elec tion which occurs Monday. Gathering ui me various cnurcnes, the members of the Sunday schools and the women of the congregations formed In lines for the monster parade. Many ban ners were displayed. The Sunday school children had been practicing appropriate hymns, and as they marched through the principal streets they sans;, the women Joining the little folks. Business Suspended. The procession was headed by Rev. P. Ross Parish of the Central M. E. church, President C. C. Heekert of Wittenberg college und other minis ters. A great majority of the school children of the public schools turned out with their teachers. Business was practically suspended. The campaign will close tomorrow night with great meetings. The wet meeting will be addressed by Clarence Darrow of Chicago at the Fairbanks theater. The dry meeting will be addressed by George R. Stuart In a great tent which has been the scene of phenomenal meetings during the last week. WILL GO INTO THE GUTTER. BELLE FONTAINE, March 27. Mayor Nlven has ruled that hereafter no liquor taken from parties who appear in his court after visits to wet territory will be returned. The liquor will be poured into the gutter by the police. -rp MUST ANSWER MONDAY Servia Given One More Day in Which to State Her Position. fBy Associated Press to State Journal VIENNA. March 27. According to official reports from Belgrade, the Ser vian premier tomorrow w! '"W1"1 i ,,ii. dismissing all the Servian re-servlsts.It is semi -officially reported that Servla's dismissal of the reservists would not in itself satisfy Austria, which demands the abandonment of all the Servian claims made in connection with the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is further stated that unless Servia gives a precise declaration by Monday of her intentions Count For-gach, the Austrian ambassador ut Belgrade, will present the final note of the Austro-Hungarian government on Monday evening. BELGRADE, March 27. At a meeting of the cabinet today at which King Peter was present, the resigna tion of Prince George as crown prince was accepted. The subject will come up before the national assembly tomorrow, when in all probability, Prince Alexander will be proclaimed his successor. KILLS SON ID SELF; TRIES TO KILL OTHERS Jealous Motorman Attempts Ex termination of His Whole Family by Shooting. By Associated Press to Stata Journal PITTSBURG, March 27. After firing two bullets at his wife, pointing a revolver at his mother-in-law, when she attempted to help her daughter, and trying vainly to get his little daughter out of u neighbor's house that he might kill her. Harry Smith, aged 31 years, a motorman, living at Coraopolls, today sent a bullet through the brain of his 6-year-old son. Richard, killing the boy instantly, and then shot himself through the head, dying in a few moments. The cause of the tragedy is said to have been liquor and jealousy. KILLS BABIES AND HERSELF. DES MOINES, March 27. In a tit of despondency following a long Illness, Mrs. John Lynch, living on a farm near Cedar Rapids, this afternoon cut the throat of her 5-weeks-old baby and her 8-year-old son. She then attacked her three other children but they escaped and ran to a neighbor's house and spread the alarm. When help arrived Mrs. Lynch had cut her own' throat and had set the house afire. TRAGEDY IN A GARDEN Boston Newspaper Man Kills Wife and Himself. IBy Associated Press to Slat Journal.) BOSTON,' March 27. A Btartling tragedy was enacted In the public garden near the entrance of the Boyls-ton street subway tonight while the early evening suburban rush was at its height. Suffering from nervous trouble, with which he had been afflicted for several ye-vrs, Lawrence Boyle, a well-known newspaper man, shot and killed his wife and then ended his own life by the same means. Mrs. Boyle was shot through the mouth and her husband through the left Ibreast. Btoth died almost Instantly. Boyle waB about 40 years old nnH hl wlf &. few rears vounirer For 20 years he had been on the staff of the Boston Globe. IM S ATTACK FFICEHS POSSE Creeks Slay Two Deputies and Fatally Wound Another at Hickory Grounds. CALL OUT TROOPS Indians Well Supplied With Am munition and Serious Engagement Is Expected. IRy Associated Press to State Journal. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., March 27. In a pitched battle at Hickory Grounds at 6 this evening, between five officers and 20 Creek Indians of the Snake clan, Officers Herman Baum of Checo- tah and Herman Odom of Checotah were killed. Frank Jones and William Carr escaped without injury and fled to the settlements, where the news of the battle was telephoned to Sheriff. Odom of Mcintosh county. Frank Swift, also a member of the posse, was probably fatally wounded. Swift dragged himself from the scene of the battle and was later picked up by Carr and taken to Pierce, a station one mile away. Jones boarded a train at Pierce and went, to Checotah early in the evening, bearing some details of the battle. The officers, having heard that the' Indians and negroes were again peaceable after the battle of Thursday morning, approached the cabin of Chitti Harjo, near Hickory Ground, without fear of trouble, to serve a warrant. As they were entering the chief's yard, 20 guns were leveled upon them from as many men In the house and around the corners. Odom and Baum fell dead and Swift was seriously injured. Jones ran a few yards and hid himself In a clump oV trees until the Indians disappeared. Then he returned to the bodies of his compan- Ions. Finding them dead he hurried to Pierce. Within 30 minutes after the report of the battle reached Checotah a hundred men were armed. Every available gun and practically all the ammunition in town was taken. In an hour CO men were marching toward Hickory Ground. When the ..no"-"11 reached Muskogee, officer., nnmeaiateiy Issued a call fui men and In a short time a posse of. 00 was ready to march. From Henryetta to Teletka men will also go tonight to Pierce ,the place selected for mobilization. Four Companies Are Called Out. At 11 tonight Adjutant Genet- Frank Con ton of the Oklahoma N tional Guard wired Colonel Roy Hor, man of Chandler to call immediate!. four companies of the state guard foi mooui.auon. lomiianies at MKiununiv City, Chandler, Muskogee and DurarftN-Jv-probably will depart soon for HenryV 1 , ;, ,ys tha :.v-3i Phasing V- etia. A dispatch from Checotah say Snake Indians have been purchasing t itles and ammunition for a month and that they are supplied with powder und lead enough to last them two days. Harjo. who has so often within the past two years expressed his displeasure at the restraints of law and who has often called his men into council on that account, is believed to have determined to make a firm stand in behalf of his Ideas of liberty. His band have been outlaws for years. It required the services of United States officers and the threat-of a call for the state militia to quell his band last fall during a session of the council at Hickory Ground. When Sheriff Odom received from the district clerk at Kufaula today a warrant for the arrest of Harjo, tha clerk admonished him that he would have trouble. "The freedmen are cowards," said Odom, "and there is no danger." Officers from Henryetta visited Hickory Ground today and found It practically deserted. They returned late this afternoon and reported that the four negroes killed in the fight of Thursday morning were burled today. ORDERS TROOPS OUT. GUTHRIE, Okla., March 27. At tha telephoned request of Sheriff Odom of Mcintosh county, Governor Haskell directed Adjutant General Canton to assume charge of the situation and order necessary militia to the scene of tonight's battle at Hickory Ground between officers and Creek Indians. The Chandler company has been ordered to hold Itself In readiness to proceed at an instant's notice. CLIP TEACHER'S BEARD Texas Students Barber Professor on Campus at Night. 'j IBy Associated Press to Stats Journal FORT WORTH, Tex., March 27 ?. Because Professor L. A. Wiltsey, a new instructor in the University of C Fort Worth, declined to shave off his V long side whiskers at the request of 200 students, he lost them late last ''' night In the dark of the campus grounds. While walking home from prayer meeting he wus approached by 20 young men, supposedly students, who threw him on the grass and clipped A his whiskers. Several expulsions are . expected. 'f MOUSE CAUSES A PANIC Women at Show Jump on Chairs and Beg Men to Kill It. t By Associated Press to State Journal. . WOMELSDORF, Pa., March 27,A "V mouse caused a panic among the 300-spectators in a moving picture show f given in the Womelsdorf Town hall tonight. The mouse was discovered on a vi window ledge by a young woman, who -; screamed. t 1 v In an Instant 100 women weru v standing on chairs and appealing to the men to' kill the mouse. The show , .:. was suspended for 10 minutes, (hairs and benches were upset and window pones broken In the confusion. .No one was hurt. 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